Proverbs 11:27 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²⁷ Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to the one who searches for it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: But he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ He who diligently seeks good seeks [God's] favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come upon him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Those who look for good find favor, but those who seek evil—it will come to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ He does well to rise early, who seeks what is good. But whoever is a seeker of evils shall be oppressed by them.

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